English 101

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English 101

• English Composition I

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Your Instructor

• Margaret Chandler
• Graduate of Columbia College and USC
• Worked in industry and college
• Likes grammar!!!
• Wants all to progress

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Course Objectives

• The student will increase his/her knowledge,
  understanding, and appreciation of how language
  works, of the ways in which writing can be made
  both interesting and informative.
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• Essays to be written Generic, Describing,
  Illustrating, Analyzing a Process, Comparing and
  Contrasting, Dividing and Classifying

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Grammar topics

• Fragments
• Fused sentences comma splices
• Verb Tense
• Subject-verb agreement
• More on verbs
• Pronouns
• Apostrophes

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Instructional Methodologies

• Lecture
• Reading
• Writing
• Class discussion
• Exercises in class
• Homework
• Tests
• Use of the companion website

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Attendance Policy

• There are no excused absences.
• To receive credit for this course, you must be
  present for 80 of the classes. This class meets
  twice a week you may miss 3 classes without
  being dropped.
• If you are late for class 3 times, that counts as
  an absence. Late is defined as not being in
  class to respond to the initial role call.
• If you miss class on a test day, you may make up
  that test in the Academic Support Center within
  one week. After one week, the make up test will
  be removed from the ASC. Make up tests may be the
  same version of the test given on the assigned
  test day or may be a different version of the
  test. The grade for a writing assignment will be
  lowered if it is late. Refer to the rubric for
  each assignment for details.

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Make up Policy

• If you miss class on a test day, you may make up
  that test in the Academic Support Center within
  one week.
• After one week, the make up test will be removed
  from the ASC. Make up tests may be the same
  version of the test given on the assigned test
  day or may be a different version of the test.
• The grade for a writing assignment will be
  lowered if it is late.

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